NCCDA Student Loan Survey

This survey is being conducted by the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys (NCCDA) to gather information from assistant district attorneys about student loans and other similar topics.

Note: For any question that requires a numerical answer you are encouraged to estimate to the nearest whole number if you don’t know the exact number. Also, if you truly don’t know the answer to a question requiring a numerical answer then please enter “0.”

Enter the number assigned to each ADA by the NCCDA:

Did you have any student loans for your education?

Yes

No

When were you licensed by the NC State Bar?

Month

Day

Year

What year did you start working as an ADA?

Month

Day

Year

Estimate the number of Conference of DA’s Conferences and other specified training courses have you attended as an ADA?

What was your starting salary as an ADA?

What is your current salary?

What is your net monthly take home pay?

With your present salary and education, can you afford to remain at your present job for 5 more years?

Yes

No

If the State established a 10 year loan forgiveness program, would you stay at your job? (The program would forgive 1/10th of your education debt for each one year you remain as an ADA beginning at your 11th year, so at your 20th year, you would have zero education debt.)

Yes

No

Maybe

Are you actively looking for another job due to salary or debt considerations?

Yes

No

The ADA retirement multiple is 1.8%. Would you stay on as an ADA after your 15th year if the remaining years of your service were elevated to the Judicial Retirement rate of 3.02%?

Yes

No

Please select all ways in which your salary may have impacted your life in the last two years. You may choose more than one answer.